The 2009 Alhaurin Romería is Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September.
At 5.30pm on Saturday the participants will meet at the Church of Santo Cristo de las Agonías. That is the tiny church on the Mijas road, 100 metres from the Tobacconist junction. The transport will be very varied and well decorated, you may see carts pulled by oxen, donkey, horse or tractor, as well as cars and lorries. Many people will be on horseback and wearing traditional costume.
After a blessing at 6.00pm, the ‘Romeros’ will start their journey. From the little church they will travel through town, the route being: Avda. de Mijas, C/. Convento, Plaza Alta, Cruz, Cilla, Plaza Baja, San Sebastian, Nueva, Camino de Coin and Variante back up to the Avda. de Mijas. They then travel out to La Mota, where there is the official Mass at 8.00pm.
At 10.00pm the festivities start in earnest with entertainment well into the early hours.
On Sunday the romeros will enjoy a huge paella at 2.30pm before making their way back to the Church of Santo Cristo de las Agonías at 5.00pm.
Thanks for the well detailed info. Funnily enough I was reading about it in Sur in a bar, yesterday, and thought I’d look in ‘inMalaga today’ just to check if I had understood it all correctly. Please look yourself because I think you might need to alter some details – timings, route etc. because of all the road works around town. Oh, and we can all join in the paella as it is laid on for the Romeros and the Townspeople.